1881 census county

Westmorland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Westmorland in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

3,021 surnames are listed for Westmorland, covering 60,155 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Hanson, with 13 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Westmorland

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
801	Hanson	13	0.020%	0.63x
802	Hardacre	13	0.020%	8.54x
803	Harling	13	0.020%	4.71x
804	High	13	0.020%	4.48x
805	Holder	13	0.020%	1.51x
806	Houghton	13	0.020%	0.58x
807	Ivinson	13	0.020%	75.80x
808	Johns	13	0.020%	0.78x
809	Leach	13	0.020%	0.49x
810	Levens	13	0.020%	25.48x
811	Marston	13	0.020%	2.18x
812	Miles	13	0.020%	0.34x
813	Newbold	13	0.020%	2.78x
814	Petty	13	0.020%	2.05x
815	Pittaway	13	0.020%	10.51x
816	Rawsthorne	13	0.020%	15.83x
817	Rishton	13	0.020%	21.43x
818	Rutherford	13	0.020%	0.83x
819	Starkey	13	0.020%	2.04x
820	Stringer	13	0.020%	1.02x
821	Thomas	13	0.020%	0.05x
822	Thoms	13	0.020%	11.33x
823	Tubman	13	0.020%	44.26x
824	Turnbull	13	0.020%	0.48x
825	Wilkin	13	0.020%	3.70x
826	Willison	13	0.020%	9.63x
827	Wolfenden	13	0.020%	4.33x
828	Wrigley	13	0.020%	1.60x
829	Baldry	12	0.020%	3.98x
830	Beckwith	12	0.020%	3.18x
831	Bewley	12	0.020%	7.01x
832	Birtles	12	0.020%	5.39x
833	Bispham	12	0.020%	32.17x
834	Bowsher	12	0.020%	17.71x
835	Brakewell	12	0.020%	93.31x
836	Buckley	12	0.020%	0.34x
837	Cheeseman	12	0.020%	2.37x
838	Christopherson	12	0.020%	25.45x
839	Cockburn	12	0.020%	1.46x
840	Conchie	12	0.020%	43.07x
841	Corney	12	0.020%	5.60x
842	Court	12	0.020%	1.47x
843	Daws	12	0.020%	3.66x
844	Dufton	12	0.020%	10.39x
845	Franklin	12	0.020%	0.56x
846	Fuller	12	0.020%	0.46x
847	Hamilton	12	0.020%	0.25x
848	Hastwell	12	0.020%	59.55x
849	Holt	12	0.020%	0.28x
850	Howorth	12	0.020%	4.18x
851	Hulse	12	0.020%	2.95x
852	Iveson	12	0.020%	6.57x
853	Joyce	12	0.020%	0.76x
854	Kay	12	0.020%	0.36x
855	Line	12	0.020%	3.94x
856	Littlewood	12	0.020%	1.45x
857	Macdonald	12	0.020%	0.47x
858	Muir	12	0.020%	0.49x
859	Parsley	12	0.020%	14.13x
860	Phizacklea	12	0.020%	55.43x
861	Pinch	12	0.020%	11.11x
862	Rea	12	0.020%	3.33x
863	Reay	12	0.020%	2.15x
864	Richards	12	0.020%	0.12x
865	Rowlings	12	0.020%	42.42x
866	Sharples	12	0.020%	1.07x
867	Shields	12	0.020%	1.21x
868	Shipley	12	0.020%	2.11x
869	Squire	12	0.020%	1.58x
870	Swinbank	12	0.020%	22.30x
871	Taylforth	12	0.020%	130.29x
872	Thornber	12	0.020%	7.63x
873	Varley	12	0.020%	1.36x
874	Windle	12	0.020%	3.30x
875	Yeadon	12	0.020%	6.82x
876	Yeates	12	0.020%	3.39x
877	Arnison	11	0.020%	28.04x
878	Bagley	11	0.020%	2.32x
879	Bond	11	0.020%	0.32x
880	Burrell	11	0.020%	1.31x
881	Cannan	11	0.020%	24.43x
882	Chamberlain	11	0.020%	0.63x
883	Cowper	11	0.020%	3.91x
884	Crane	11	0.020%	0.81x
885	Farren	11	0.020%	8.44x
886	Fearon	11	0.020%	6.83x
887	Garnet	11	0.020%	16.39x
888	Gee	11	0.020%	0.67x
889	Grisenthwaite	11	0.020%	54.59x
890	Harvey	11	0.020%	0.16x
891	Heath	11	0.020%	0.35x
892	Helm	11	0.020%	3.83x
893	Higgins	11	0.020%	0.34x
894	Jacques	11	0.020%	2.02x
895	Langhorne	11	0.020%	30.19x
896	Linton	11	0.020%	2.09x
897	Lloyd	11	0.020%	0.15x
898	Lowther	11	0.020%	2.81x
899	Mattocks	11	0.020%	13.02x
900	Megson	11	0.020%	10.54x